EST Vocabulary Instruction
This study aims at contributing to the investigation on the instruction of EST (English for Science and Technology) vocabulary, in terms of receptive use of the language. It evaluates the effectiveness of two teaching approaches to the acquisition of vocabulary. The first approach consisted of teach...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo
2012-05-01
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| Series: | The ESPecialist: Research in Language for Specific Purposes |
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| Online Access: | https://revistas.pucsp.br/index.php/esp/article/view/9292 |
| Summary: | This study aims at contributing to the investigation on the instruction of EST (English for Science and Technology) vocabulary, in terms of receptive use of the language. It evaluates the effectiveness of two teaching approaches to the acquisition of vocabulary. The first approach consisted of teaching vocabulary through the use of dictionaries, where the words were merely translated into the learners’ L1 or defined in the target language thus promoting superficial level of word processing. The second approach employed activities promoting deep level of word processing. Data were analysed quantitatively. Results indicated that the two approaches seem to have some equipotentiality, as far as EST vocabulary is concerned. |
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| ISSN: | 0102-7077 2318-7115 |